Garland marker

ABSTRACT

For marking garlands on cakes, there is an elongate, flexible plastic strip having a row of teeth along one edge. The strip is adjustably held in a desired condition of curvature by a rod upon which opposite ends of the strip are held by stops.

United States Patent [1 1 Haapala Aug. 28, 1973 1 GARLAND MARKER [76] inventor: Ray Haapala, Rt. 2, Box 270, Dassel,

Minn. 55325 [22] Filed: July 30, 1971 [21] App], No.: 167,664

[52] US. Cl. 33/174 T [51] Int. Cl. G011) 5/20 [58] Field of Search 33/174 R, 174 G,

33/1 G, 11, 176, 177, 179, 189, 174 T; 225/92; 132/48 A, 48 R [5 6] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,217,998 10/1940 Buttress 33/177 3/1891 Price 33/176 8/1959 Cottar 33/189 Primary Examiner-Robert B. Hull Assistant Examiner-Richard R. Steams Attorney-James H. Littlepage [5 7] ABSTRACT For marking garlands on cakes, there is an elongate, flexible plastic strip having a row of teeth along one edge. The strip is adj'ustably held in a desired condition of curvature by a rod upon which opposite ends of the strip are held by stops.

3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures GARLAND MARKER FIELD OF INVENTION Bread, Pastry and Confection Making, Implements.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Heretofore, much of the decoration of fancy cakes has been done by hand, without help of instruments. While devices have been developed for dividing a cake into equal segments and concentric circles on the top, so far as is known, the laying out of a series of similar arcs around a cake for the placement of garlands has been done by eye, requiring considerable artistic talent on the part of the designer.

The object now is to provide a garland marker with which an arcuate row of indentures may be scribed upon a row, and by means of which the length of the chord of the arc and the curvature of the arc may be adjusted. Thus, with a plurality of such devices, for example three, of various lengths, a cake decorator may scribe indentations to serve as markers for the placement of garlands about the sides or around the top of cakes of various sizes and shapes.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following specification and drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the garland marker; and

FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of two typical garland patterns on cakes.

Referring now to the drawing, the garland marker 2 consists of a flexible plastic strip 4 of springy material, such as celluloid or the like material, having a row of teeth 6 along one longitudinal edge and slots 8 near its ends. The marker is packaged in knock-down form and assembled by passing a rod 10 through one of slots 8,

then flexing the strip into an arc, and passing the rod 10 through the other slot 8. Stops 12, which are rubber or plastic washers having good friction, are slid onto the rod and engage the outer side of the then bent strip 4 to hold it in the desired arcuate condition. By spreading the stops farther apart, the cord of the arc and curvature of the strip can be adjusted.

FlG. 2 shows a cake l4 scribed with undulate row of indentations 16 around its side near the top. This cake has been marked with a marker 2 wherein the stops 12 have been spread apart so that the cord 18 between the peaks 20, 22 is of such length as to have an even number of multiples around the top edge of the cake. FIG. 3 shows another cake 140, wherein the arcs 16a of the row are considerably deeper and the cord between the peaks 20a and 220 are somewhat shorter. Obviously the tops and sides of cakes of various other shapes may be similarly marked.

I claim:

1. A marker for scribing a series of arcs on a cake, comprising,

an elongate strip of springy material having apertures therethrough adjacent opposite ends thereof and a series of teeth along one edge thereof,

a rod engageable through said apertures, said strip being flexible so as to form an arc, and stops engageable over said rod for retaining said strip in desired degree of flexure on said rod.

2. A marker as claimed in claim I, said stops being washers frictionally engaging said rod.

3. The combination claimed in claim 1, said apertures being slots extending in the direction of the length of said strip.

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1. A marker for scribing a series of arcs on a cake, comprising, AN ELONGATE STRIP OF SPRINGY MATERIAL HAVING APERTURES THERETHROUGH ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND A SERIES OF TEETH ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF, A ROD ENGAGEABLE THROUGH SAID APERTURES, SAID STRIP BEING FLEXIBLE SO AS TO FORM AN ARC, AND STOPS ENGAGEABLE OVER SAID ROD FOR RETAINING SAID STRIP IN DESIRED DEGREE OF FLEXURE ON SAID ROD.
 2. A marker as claimed in claim 1, said stops being washers frictionally engaging said rod.
 3. The combination claimed in claim 1, said apertures being slots extending in the direction of the length of said strip. 